News

18.07.2018

If you want to learn more about the implication of the cleavable linker design on the cell-mediated drug release of macromolecular prodrugs, have a look to our paper in the Journal of Controlled Release. Congrats to Gregor for such impresive work. Free access to the paper here https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1XP85cI2~mBTX#.W09RK59OOZ0.twitter …

12.06.2018

Congratulations to Laura Vossen for the successful defense of her doctoral thesis entitled 'Development of dendritic polymer conjugates and their applications in nanomedicine'! Many thanks to the collaboration partners from Universidad de Leon and the Tel Aviv University.

08.06.2018

We are looking for a highly motivated doctoral student to join our new labs in Polymat, San Sebastian, Spain. Here some details about the call: doctoral position at Polymat.

04.06.2018

We would like to welcome M.Sc. Irene Dolz Perez from the Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe (CIPF), Valencia, Spain, who will be working with us for the coming 4 months.

01.04.2018

We would like to welcome the following visiting researchers: Dr. Lucila Navarro, M.Sc. Anna Jou, M.Sc. Katherine Cobos and Alexis Kassentinni, who will be working with us for the coming months.

27.03.2018

The great work of Laura about the synthesis of pH-sensitive nanogels for combination therapy was recently accepted by Polymers. Now all her papers are accepted and she is only missing to defend her thesis. Animo Laura, que falta poco! :)

15.02.2018

We are looking for a highly motivated postdoc to join our new labs in Polymat, San Sebastian, Spain. Here some details about the call: postdoctoral position at Polymat.

10.02.2018

Our follow up work about the optimization of magnetic nanogels for capture of circulating tumor cells (CTC) was published on line by Polymers. Congratulation to Cata, Julian and to our partners at the group of Miriam Strumia (Argentina) and Jayant Khandare (India)

17.01.2018

Enrico has succesfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled: Smart Nanogels for Anticancer Therapy and Their Interaction with Blood Proteins. Congratulations from the whole team!!

01.01.2018

Our paper on nanogels for topical protein delivery was highlighted by the journal Theranostics as front cover in the January issue of 2018. Congratulation to Michael and the collaboration partners from the great paper and figure design!!

01.11.2017

Our results from the collaboration with the University of Tel Aviv, Israel, were just published by eLife. We developed a polymer-drug conjugate that have synergistic anticancer effect on intracranial human and murine glioblastoma.

01.10.2017

We would like to welcome M.Sc. Balram Singh, M.Sc. Smriti Arora and Lic. Alexis Wolfel, who will be working with us for the coming 6 months in the frame of the Erasmus + program.

01.09.2017

We are happy to have Catalina back for her postdoc in our group. She was honored as an Einstein International Postdoctoral Fellow from the Einstein Foundation. Congratulations from the whole team!!

31.08.2017

Michael has succesfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled: Development and Adaptation of Thermoresponsive Nanogels for the Treatment of Inflammatory Skin Diseases. Congratulations from the whole team!!

09.08.2017

Our results from the collaboration with the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain, were just published by Angewandte Chemie. We demonstrated that when the elastin basic amino acid sequence VPGVG is used as a pendant group of a poly(phenylacetylene) (PPA) its thermoresponsive behavior in water can be remotely detected through conformational changes on the formed helix. Congratulations to Julian and the collaboration partners!

15.07.2017

Our results from the collaboration with the University of Brasilia, Brazil, were just published by Nanomedicine. We demonstrated the a doxorubicin prodrug encapsulated on nanoemulsion inhibites the breast cancer progression and its methastasis on lung. Congrats to Gregor, Harald, and the collaboration partners!

15.05.2017

We are happy to announce that our review about interactions of organic nanoparticles with proteins in physiological conditions was accepted for publication in the Emerging Investigator Issue of Journal of Material Chemistry B. There is a doble reason to celebrate, since this was the publication number 100 from the Calderon lab. Congratulation to Enrico and the whole team!!

01.05.2017

We would like to welcome Dr. Matias Picchio from the National University of Cordoba, Argentina, who will be working with us for the coming 3 months as a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow.

01.04.2017

Our project ThermoNanogel, funded by the BMBF, is now included on the map of technologies of Germany.

20.01.2017

Our work in collaboration with the National University of Cordoba got recently published by Journal of Material Chemistry B. The paper report the development of multiresponsive nanogels that undergo a thermal triggered transition on endolysosomal conditions. This enables the site specific release of the anticancer drug cisplatin. Congratulations to Enrico and the collaborators from Argentina!!

13.12.2016

Ernesto has succesfully defended his master thesis. Congratulations from the whole team!!

25.10.2016

Our work about the preparation of thermosensitive nanogels for cutaneous delivery of proteins was highlighted by the Controlled Release Society Newsletter. Congratulation to Maria and our partners at the group of Sarah Hedtrichl!

17.10.2016

Our paper on nanogels for photodynamic therapy and photothermal therapy was highlighted by Macromolecular Bioscience as back cover in the October issue of 2016. Congratulation to team for the great design!!

10.10.2016

Marcelo presented the latest results of the group on the National Academic of Science of Argentina and was interviewed by La Voz del Interior in Córdoba. Don't miss the article if you want to practice your Spanish!!

01.10.2016

We would like to welcome B.Sc. Eva Clemente from the University of Parma, Italy, who will be working with us for the coming 6 months as a Visiting Master Student - Erasmus Programm.

01.10.2016

We would like to welcome M.Sc. Amit Kumar from the University of Delhi, India, who will be working with us for the coming 6 months as a Visiting PhD Student - Erasmus Plus Programm.

21.09.2016

The work of our group was highlighted by the Newsletter of Profund Innovation from the Freie Universität Berlin.

30.07.2016

We are happy to announce that our work about the synergetic conjugation of doxorubicin and paclitaxel for the treatment of mammary adenocarcinoma was published by the Journal of Controlled Release. Congratulation to Laura publishing her first paper and the collaboration team of Ronit Satchi-Fainaro at the Tel Aviv University, Israel!!

15.07.2016

We are happy to announce that Dr. Lydia Bouchet was honored as an Einstein International Postdoctoral Fellow from the Einstein Foundation. Congratulations from the whole team!!

22.06.2015

14.06.2016

We are happy to announce that our work about the development of nanogels for photodynamic therapy and photothermal therapy was published on line by Macromolecular Bioscience. Congratulation to Mazdak, who with this work completes the publications of his doctoral studies period in our group!!

23.05.2016

Our study reporting the fabrication of honeycomb films from highly functional dendritic structures was published by Polymer Chemistry. Congratulation once again to Alberto and our partners at the Institute of Polymer Science and Technology (ICTP-CSIC), Madrid, Spainl!

01.05.2016

We would like to welcome Mrs. Cecilia Samaniego from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, who will be working with us for the coming 3 months as a DAAD Fellow. Her topic: Synthesis of dendritic receptors for carbohydrates performing recognition at the physiological level.

28.04.2016

Our study about the effects of thermoresponsivity and softness on skin penetration and cellular uptake of polyglycerol-based nanogels was published by Journal of Controlled Release. Such an interesting publication resulted from a collaboration within the Collaborative Research Center 1112. Congratulations to Fiorenza Rancan from Charite, Mazdak and the whole teaml!

01.04.2016

We would like to welcome Dr. Marek Brzeziński, Dr. Lydia Bouchet, M.Sc. Junhua Xu, M.Sc. Marcelo Kravicz and Lic. Ana Sonzogni, who will be working with us for the coming 6-12 months.

17.03.2016

Our work about the use of nanogels for the treatment of solid tumors with hyperthermia mediated by NIR irradiation was recently published by Nanoscale. Congratulations to Maria Molina and Stefanie Wedepohl!

09.03.2016

Our collaborative work about the preparation of multiresponsive nanogels was published European Polymer Journal. Congratulation to Julio Cuggino, Maria Molina and to our partners at the group of Luis Gugliotta (Santa Fe, Argentina)l!

01.02.2016

We would like to welcome M.Sc. Govind Chade from the Maharashtra Institute of Pharmacy, Pune, India, who will be working with us for the coming 2 months as a Alumni Program Fellow. His topic: Design, evaluation of cytoloxicity and cellular interactions of hyperbranched polymer (HBP) -PDMS-carbon soot engineered superhydrophobic surfaces (SHS).

22.12.2015

Our work about the preparation of magnetic nanogels for capture of circulating tumor cells (CTC) was published on line by Macromolecular Rapid Communications. Congratulation to Mazdak and Cata and to our partners at the group of Miriam Strumia (Argentina) and Jayant Khandare (India)l!

15.10.2015

We would like to welcome Dr. Oscar Rojas from the National University of Costa Rica, who will be working with us for the coming 4 months. His topic: development of anisotropic nanoparticles.

16.09.2015

Our paper reporting the structure activity relationship of dendritic polyglycerol amines for gene delivery was published by RSC Advances. Congratulation to Fatemeh and the collaboration partners!!

10.08.2015

We would like to welcome Ana Lygia Camara from the University of Brazilia, Brazil, who will be working with us for the coming 6 months as a CAPES Doctoral Visitor. Her topic: development of miniemulsion as anticancer prodrugs.

16.06.2015

Our paper reporting the design of thermoresponsive nanogels for topical drug delivery was published by Polymer Chemistry. Congratulation to Mazdak and the team!!

05.06.2015

Emanuel has succesfully defended his master thesis. Congratulations from the whole team!!

02.06.2015

Our review about stimuli-responsive nanogel composites and their application in nanomedicine was published by Chemical Society Reviews. Congratulation to Maria and the whole team!!

25.05.2015

We would like to welcome Lydia Bouchet from the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina, who will be working with us for the coming 3 months as a DFG/CONICET Postdoctoral Visitor. Her topic: synthesis of responsive nanoparticles.

07.05.2015

Loryn has succesfully defended her master thesis. Congratulations from the whole team!!

24.04.2015

01.04.2015

We would like to welcome Catalina Biglione from the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina, who will be working with us for the coming 6 months as a DAAD Ph.D. Student Visitor. Her topic: synthesis of polyether-based thermoresponsive nanogels.

13.03.2015

02.03.2015

Our paper reporting the one-pot synthesis of doxorubicin-loaded multiresponsive nanogels was published by Chem Comm in the 2015 Emerging Investigators issue. Congratulations to Ana and Stefanie!

20.02.2015

Our paper on fluorescent turn-on probes was highlighted by Nanoscale as front cover in the 7th issue of 2015. Congratulation to Stefanie and Harald for the great design!!

30.01.2015

Master thesis and farewell celebration. Gregor successfully completed his master thesis on the Development of enzymatically cleavable nanogels. Congratulations Gregor!! And Ana completed her three years postdoctoral stay in our group. It was a great time, thanks a lot for everything Ana!! We hope to continue working in collaboration with you and your group

26.01.2015

The new year brought good news!! Our paper about

facile ultrasonication approach for the synthesis of nanogels was published by RSC Advances. This resulted from an on-going collaboration with the group of Prof. Strumia of the National University of Cordoba, Argentina. Congratulations to the whole team!

21.12.2014

Our paper on thermo-nanoprecipitation (TMP) was highlighted by Polymer Chemistry as back cover in the last issue of 2014. Congratulation to Maria for the great design!!

17.12.2014

Our paper reporting the synthesis of paclitaxel conjugated to dendritic polyglycerols has been published by Nanoscale. Congratulations to Ana and the whole team!

15.11.2014

Our work about the preparation of honeycomb-like patterned surfaces by breath figures using amphiphilic dendrons was published by the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. Congratulation to Alberto and our partners at the Institute of Polymer Science and Technology (ICTP-CSIC), Madrid, Spainl!

03.11.2014

Our paper reporting the development of a fluorescent turn-on probe that enables direct monitoring of pH-mediated cleavage processes over time has been accepted for publication by Nanoscale. Congratulation to Harald Krüger, Gregor Nagel, and Stefanie Wedepohl!

16.10.2014

Our review about Thermoresponsive Nanodevices for Biomedical Applications has been recently published on line in Macromolecular Bioscience. Congratulations to Julian for the nice revision on thermoresponsive systems!!

08.10.2014

Maria Molina attended the Lindau Nobel Laurate Meeting and described the details of our ThermoNanogel NanoMatFutur project to the Deustche Welle. Don't miss the interview if you want to practice your Spanish!!

15.09.2014

Our paper on thermo-nanoprecipitation (TMP) was recently published on line by Polymer Chemistry. Congratulation to Michael, Mazdak, Maria et al. for the nice communication!

30.08.2014

Our paper on imaging of doxorubicin release from theranostic macromolecular prodrugs via FRET has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Controlled Release. Congratulation to Harald Krüger and the collaboration partners!

18.08.2014

Our most recent paper has been published on line by Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. Congratulation to Maria Molina and Michael Giulbudagian for their paper on charged thermoresponsive nanogels!!

08.07.2014

Julian has been awarded with a Dahlem International Network Postdoc Position. Congratulations from the whole team!

01.03.2014

We would like to welcome Guido Rimondino from the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina, who will be working with us for the coming 6 months as a Nanoscale Ph.D. Student Visitor. His topic: Dendritic semi-interpenetrated networks

06.02.2014

Our collaboration with David Smith's group from York University have resulted in a beautiful paper published this week in Chemical Science. We report self-assembling nanostructures as heparin binders, which could be used as heparin rescue agents after surgery to help initiate blood clotting, avoiding problems caused by the current clinical agent protamine. Don't miss the video from Dave Smith presenting the implication of such development http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djevV2KYedo

06.01.2014

Marcelo's profile and our research work were highlighted in the Freie Universität Berlin section from the newspaper Tagesspiegel - Punktlandung mit Polymeren

05.12.2013

Laura has succesfully defended her master thesis entitled: Development of multifunctional polymer therapeutics for combination therapy. Congratulations from the whole team to Laura!! We are looking forward to the celebration

20.10.2013

The group was recently awarded with a grant from the Helmholtz Virtual Institute "Multifunctional Materials for Medicine“ for the year 2014. The project will deal with the study from protein adsorption on thermoresponsive nanogels.

27.09.2013

The group was recently awarded with a grant from the Freie Universität Berlin Focus Area NanoScale for the year 2014. The project will deal with the development of dendritic interpenetrated nanogels for triggered multifunctional properties.

01.09.2013

We would like to welcome Alberto Sanz de Leon from the Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP-CSIC), Madrid, who will be working with us for the coming 6 months as a DAAD Ph.D. Student Visitor. His topic: Biofunctional platforms fabricated by nanogels immobilization onto honeycomb structured films

15.08.2013

Michael has succesfully defended his master thesis entitled: Glycerol Based Thermo-Responsive Nanogels. Congratulations from the whole team to Michael!! We are looking forward to the celebration

27.06.2013

The group was present in the 8th International Dendrimer Symposium that took place in Madrid from the 23rd to the 27th of June, 2013. We presented our results in a few posters and Marcelo gave a talk entitled: Dendritic Nanogels for Biomedical Applications. We are looking forward to the next events: Polymer for Advanced Technologies (PAT) 2013 in Berlin and Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery in Madrid.

20.06.2013

Two from our most recent publication have seen the online light. Congratulation to Ana Sousa-Herves for the book chapter about Anionic Dendrimers and to Harald Krüger for his paper on targeted polyglycerol-doxorubicin conjugates!!

10.04.2013

Our paper about targeted delivery of low MWs polyglycerols has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology. It will be published in the special issue on polymer conjugate based nano therapeutics. Congratulation to the whole team!!